I've been sort of stagnating on the diet and exercise program for a while, and my weight had increased a few pounds because I got out of the general healthy eating habit too.
I need to kick-start my weight loss again, so I'm low carbing for 2 weeks. Not only that, I'm going cold turkey on soda. No more coke zero, no more diet rootbeer or diet sunkist.
That's tought because I was probably drinking 24-32 ounces of Coke Zero every day, along with probably a similar amount of other diet NON-caffeinated soda.
Well, I'm into my third day now. I've been sucking down water and the occasional Crystal Light like you wouldn't believe! Plus, I'm having a cup of green tea each day. Green tea has caffeine in it I guess, but rumor has it that it also acts as a carb blocker.
I'm doing the hard-core phase 1 this week, which means I'm avoiding even the sugar-alcohol carbs I would normally find in those South Beach meal replacement bars that I like so much.
And it's working. I've lost 5-1/2 pounds in the first two days. I'm sure it's all water weight, but it's a good kick start. I'm not going to set a goal for this 2 week period other than to "be good".
My foot injury has kept me out of the gym because the only thing I like to do is the treadmill, and I've determined that I really need to go see a podiatrist about the pain in my left foot. The urgent care doctor I saw back in January said it was probably an inflamed nerve, and I needed to stay off it for 3 weeks. Well, I pretty much ignored that advice, but it's obviously not going to heal on its own.
Bowling is over now so I can rest the foot from that activity too, but I'm still going to go see a podiatrist.
